Jerzy Swirski

Jerzy Swirski (5 April 1882-12 June 1959) was the Director of the Polish Navy from 1925 to 1947 under Poland and the Polish government-in-exile.

Biography
Jerzy Swirski was born on 5 April 1882 in Kalisz, Russian Empire. He studied at a naval college and served in the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I, but in 1918 he became the head of the short-lived Ukrainian State's navy as a Rear-Admiral; in 1919 he joined the Polish Navy. From 1925 to 1947, Swirski served as the Director of the Polish Navy in an independent Poland, from 1939 to 1947 holding the title only nominally with the Polish government-in-exile in England. He died in 1959 in London, England.